A Russian-made “Repellent” Electronic Warfare (EW) System deployed by Armenia to defend the skies over Nagorno-Karabakh simply did not work, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said during a radio address on Tuesday.
While he did not mention the EW system by name not its origin, Armenia had purchased a Russian-made “Repellent” EW system in 2017. He however, praised another Russian-made system, the anti-aircraft missile systems “Osa-AK,” which, according to the Pashinyan, “hit many targets during the war in Nagorno-Karabakh, and during the July escalation in Tavush downed an Azerbaijan’s Israeli-built Hermes 900 drone.”
Rosoboronexport markets the system as an “EW complex designed to destroy small-sized UAVs.” It is available in both mobile and stationary versions. Features include detection and tracking of UAVs; UAV signal parameters tracking; electronic suppression of UAVs data transmission and control channels and ground control stations; UAV satellite navigation receiver jamming; and more.
However, another Russian EW System, Krasukha, deployed around the sensitive Gyumri base in Armenia, is claimed to have shot down at least 9 Bayraktar drones, besides Israeli Harop loitering munitions. It has also successfully defended Russia’s Hmeymim Air Base in Syria.